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A top advisor to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday and placed on leave amid an ongoing investigation into unauthorized disclosures of information, Reuters reports. Dan Caldwell was "identified" in the course of the investigation according to Reuters'
anonymous source; the nature of the alleged disclosures and to whom they
were made was not revealed.
Caldwell, a Marine and veteran of the Iraq war, wrote in a 2024 article at Foreign Affairs that he advocates for a defense policy of restraint and
that the United States should give up on the goal of American primacy, but clarified in a podcast interview with Financial Times that:
I think the United States should strive to remain the most powerful
country in the world. But in my mind, that is different from trying to
achieve primacy. In my view, attempting to be the dominant power is
different from trying to be the most powerful country.
He then added, "I think our pursuit of primacy has ultimately made us
weaker as a country." In that same interview he said of the Iraq War, "I
would say it was criminal. I think the Iraq war was a monstrous crime."
Caldwell was also a participant in the Signal chat between Vice President
JD Vance, Hegseth, and other administration officials in which a pending
strike on the Houthis in Yemen was discussed that was leaked to The
Atlantic last month. Hegseth described Caldwell as his best staff point of contact for the National Security Council as the strike was planned and
carried out.
https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/rs/images/up/2025/105/17125be5-c54b- 4995-8551-537f19eebf06-650x0.jpg
Caldwell discussed his disagreement with United States military assistance
to Israel in a separate podcast:
According to Reuters:
A March 21 memo signed by Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, requested
an investigation into "recent unauthorized disclosures of national
security information involving sensitive communications."
Kasper's memo left open the possibility of a polygraph, although it was
unclear if Caldwell was subjected to one.
The investigation into unauthorized disclosures remains ongoing.
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/04/15/breaking-hegseth-advisor-who- was-included-in-leaked-signal-text-chain-placed-on-administrative-leave- n2187898
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